Employment - Labor force participation rate (2021) To resort data: click column headings. To download data: click here. Name Labor force participation rate 2011-2015 Rank Labor force participation rate 2011-2015 North Dakota 1 69.8% Nebraska 2 69.3% Minnesota 3 69.2% Utah 4 69.1% Colorado 5 68.5% South Dakota 6 67.9% Maryland 7 67.5% New Hampshire 8 67.2% Massachusetts 9 67.2% Alaska 10 67.1% Iowa 11 66.9% Kansas 12 66.6% Wisconsin 13 66.1% Connecticut 14 66.0% New Jersey 15 66.0% Virginia 16 65.9% Wyoming 17 65.8% Rhode Island 18 65.4% Illinois 19 65.3% Hawaii 20 65.1% Texas 21 65.1% Vermont 22 65.1% Washington 23 64.7% Indiana 24 63.9% California 25 63.9% Georgia 26 63.6% Nevada 27 63.4% Ohio 28 63.3% Montana 29 63.3% Missouri 30 63.2% Idaho 31 63.2% New York 32 63.1% Pennsylvania 33 63.0% Maine 34 62.9% Oregon 35 62.6% North Carolina 36 62.6% Delaware 37 62.2% Tennessee 38 61.8% Michigan 39 61.5% Oklahoma 40 61.5% Arizona 41 60.6% South Carolina 42 60.5% Kentucky 43 59.5% Florida 44 59.4% Louisiana 45 59.2% Arkansas 46 58.4% Alabama 47 57.8% Mississippi 48 57.4% New Mexico 49 57.3% West Virginia 50 53.3% Source: 2010-2020: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Explore Census Data, (https://data.census.gov/cedsci/); DATE LAST UPDATED: December 12, 2022.